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> Is 20b euro enough to be a real alternative? Since we're talking about Europe, my first instinct here is that I want to double-check what they mean by "billi
by quectophoton 1y ago
> Is 20b euro enough to be a real alternative?
Since we're talking about Europe, my first instinct here is that I want to double-check what they mean by "billion"[1].
This article being in English makes me assume short scale, but SAP being German makes it possible (even if unlikely) that it could be a mistranslation that everyone else just copied.
If only any of these articles could link to a source. But searching for literal quotes doesn't seem to return any authoritative source, or even any transcripts (if this was announced verbally).
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#German-speaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#German-s...
- rich_sasha 1y agoIndeed, Continental billion is 1e12, not 1e9. The idea of SAP spending 20e12 EUR seems hard to believe.
- stodor89 1y agoAs someone from a country that supposedly uses billion as 1e12, the last time I've seen anyone do it was 2005, and that was in a book from the 1960s.
- scopendo 1y agoThe alternative of 10^12 (trillion) seems a stretch to say the least.
- _zoltan_ 1y agohere is the original announcement: https://news.sap.com/germany/2025/09/sap-souveraene-cloudangebote-europa-grundlage-ki-innovationen/ https://news.sap.com/germany/2025/09/sap-souveraene-cloudang... and the relevant quote: "Durch eine langfristige Investition von über 20 Milliarden Euro setzt SAP einen klaren strategischen Fokus auf digitale Souveränität." "more than 20000 million euros"
- quectophoton 1y agoThanks! > 20 Milliarden Euro Yep, so the source uses the long scale "milliard" and the translations use short scale "billion", it checks out.
- dogma1138 1y agoThey aren’t not spending the GDP of the EU on a cloud. Short form is the norm these days all over Europe.